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1 Samuel 2:23

And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.

KJV

et dixit eis : Quare facitis res hujuscemodi quas ego audio, res pessimas, ab omni populo ?

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς Ἵνα τί ποιεῖτε κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο ὅ ἐγὼ ἀκούω ἐκ στόματος παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ Κυρίου;

LXX

And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר לָ/הֶ֔ם לָ֥/מָּה תַעֲשׂ֖וּ/ן כַּ/דְּבָרִ֣ים הָ/אֵ֑לֶּה אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָנֹכִ֤י שֹׁמֵ֨עַ֙ אֶת דִּבְרֵי/כֶ֣ם רָעִ֔ים מֵ/אֵ֖ת כָּל הָ/עָ֥ם אֵֽלֶּה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֵ֖לֶּה
'lh
pronoun · 744×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אֶת
't
preposition · 883×
אָנֹכִ֖י
'nky
pronoun · 356×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
רָ֑ע
r'
verb · 664×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Luke 16:2 — And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.